Garlic Mustardseed

Mustardseed Flower

Garlic Mustardseed Leaf

• Leaf: leaves are medium sized, heart-shaped, bright green, and arranged in an alternate pattern, give the odor of garlic when crushed.

• General: organism is an herb found in mustard family, begins growth with small, grounded leaves which eventually spring into small, flowered shrub.

• Flowers: organism blooms small white flowers with yellow centers, often have four rounded petals.

• Stem: stem is found in a medium to thin range with smooth texture.

• Buds: buds are usually small, yellow circles with tiny leaves branching out.

• Branches: branches extend in an alternate pattern and are relatively thin.

• Habitat: often occurs in moist, shaded soils on the outskirts of forests or wetlands.

• Range: from eastern Canada, south to Virginia.

• Toxicity: edible, tasting like garlic and mustard.

• Relation: edible to any animal, readily available as a food source

• Humans: grows in our backyard and edible to us

• Fact: can displace most native herbaceous species within ten years